One of the greatest Directors of our time, Ridley Scott (Blade Runner, Alien, Prometheus) is back with an ancient war film expected to have ¡°the biggest historic battle that¡¯s ever been.¡±

Exodus: Gods and Kings will star Christian Bale as Moses. The story will be based on his decision to defy his brother, the Pharaoh Ramses, who will be played by Australian actor, Joel Edgerton (The Great Gatsby, Animal Kingdom). As the well-known tale goes, Moses attempts to free the slaves from his tyrant brother. The epic feature is also set to star Breaking Bad¡¯s Aaron Paul, and Alien star, Sigourney Weaver.

Always wanting to wow audiences, and top his previous work, Scott promises the release to be bigger than big stating, ¡°I felt there was a beauty to the massive scale of the material¡­ You¡¯re working with at least 700 crew plus the 4,000 extras. And, of course, the armies will be expanded exponentially ¨C 4,000 will be tiled and grown into 20,000.¡±

In other Ridley Scott news, the director is supposedly in talks with Harrison Ford as they prepare to create a sequel to 1982 classic, Blade Runner, all the while his highly anticipated film The Martian, starring Matt Damon playing a stranded astronaut on Mars is set to be released early next year.

Exodus: Gods and Kings Release Date: 26th December 2014